Subject Area
Biological Oceanography
Marine Ecology
Fisheries
Aquaculture
Marine Biotechnology
Marine Products
Activities
Culture collection of marine protists. Laboratory experiments using protists. Development of special culture media. Establishment of clonal mass cultures of toxic algae (Alexandrium, Ostreopsis) for the isolation and analysis of algal toxins.
The use of microalgae for biotoxicity tests. Delayed fluorescence for growth monitoring of algal strains.
Grazing of microzooplankton in culture experiments and on natural assemblages using the dilution technique.
Sea regions of study
Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
Skills
Taxonomy, isolation, and cultivation of protists, including unicellular algae, mixotrophic and heterotrophic species, loricated and aloricated ciliates. Light- and electronmicroscopic methods (TEM, SEM) for the determination and analysis of protists.
